Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Wild Card thread... the first three innings...

And here we go. Cue the sun.


25 comments:

13bit said...

I need to say one thing before the first pitch:

TITANIUM SCROTUM

BernBabyBern said...

"The fans love the Wild Card game," Eckersly gushes.

No. No we don't. It's a f#%@ing abomination. I don't know anyone who likes the idea of the results of a 162-game season being tossed out by one damn game. It's like running a marathon, waiting 10 seconds for the next finisher to cross, then doing rock-paper-scissors for the trophy.

Skip said...

3 good articles in the sept. 24 - oct 1 issue of sports illustrated

short article " the long game" about a former MLB player who has started a company
that pays promising minor league players hundreds of thousands $$ and in return they get 10% of their MLB earnings.

They also have apparently devised a method to predict pitchers who are most likely to suffer severe injuries, and those aren't.(they expect to make millions from this. some teams are already using it.)

short article "winter is coming" explains why teams are now using analytics to not
sign older (30-32) to large contracts.

long article "freedom of the press'.this is an article about the 1978 season. This is a behind the scenes article of all the shit that took place with the yankees players(amongst themselves and with management) and the relationships with the reporters during that season.
I was very surprised to learn what a dick Thurman Munson was.

TheWinWarblist said...

Yeah, Thurman was a bite in the ass. It wasn't all Reggie.

TheWinWarblist said...

10 pitches.
8 strikes.
3 batters.
3 outs.
2 KS.

TheWinWarblist said...

2Ks!

BernBabyBern said...

So, they said they'd know if Severino eas "on" tonight within 10 pitches.

1-2-3 inning. Exactly 10 pitches.

Seeing as how often these dolts are wrong I'm officially scared now.

KD said...

Nice start I’d say

TheWinWarblist said...

ALL RISE!!!! ALLLLL RIIIISSSEEEE CAUSE HERE COMES THE JUDGE!!!

BernBabyBern said...

That was the definition of "batting practice fastball"

TheWinWarblist said...

AND BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!!

thecontrarian said...

Not in a location where I can contribute much, but a good start. We need to slug to take pressure off Sevy . I'll be watching/reading .

TheWinWarblist said...

I can't find a backwards K for Android.

TheWinWarblist said...

Ah-ha!!

ꓘKKꓘK

Ken of Brooklyn said...

Add ON!!!

BernBabyBern said...

Ok, a different pitcher every inning for Oakland. What is this, the Mayor's Trophy game?

BernBabyBern said...

https://youtu.be/m_djk1RQ2Ew

Ken of Brooklyn said...

Urrrrrg, ice cream

TheWinWarblist said...

ICS sighting.

BernBabyBern said...

Please don't hurt yourself, Didi ...

Unsustainable BABIP said...

Scariest AB so far, right here.

BernBabyBern said...

Going into full pessimist mode ... Severino's pitch count is getting a little high here.

Ken of Brooklyn said...

WHEW

Unsustainable BABIP said...

They’re making me very uncomfortable.

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